Russia will host the 2018 World Cup!… …According to my calculations, if all should go well, my kid will be in the first grade by then. OK, that’s a terrifying thought. Back to booty dance!
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
I don’t love this song any less now that I’m knocked up
In fact, I kinda love it more. And I’m totally smug. Totally. Though this doesn’t stop me from making all sorts of jokes about how damn lucky this kid is right now, with it being -22 in Moscow, and him or her all snug in my womb. I mean, it’s so cold that your faceContinue reading “I don’t love this song any less now that I’m knocked up”
The visible heart
I went swimming across the universe once. In late summer on the Black Sea, plankton lights up in the water as you enter it – sending alarm messages in case you’re a possible predator. I used to be terrified of the sea at night, but I had begun to change by then, which is whyContinue reading “The visible heart”
On the Moscow metro. At a “more innocent time.” (lol)
Thank you, Random Dude on Escalator. You gave me much to smile about – that evening, and many evenings hence.
Isn’t it terrible – needing people?
Especially when you are not used to needing anyone? You need your family while growing up, but if you’re privileged enough to not dwell on it too much – then you don’t dwell on it too much. So you go on, policing your borders even when you fall in love, until something in your life changesContinue reading “Isn’t it terrible – needing people?”
Natalia A. 